On 07/10/2009 01:37 AM, Jonathan Kaye wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. I'm running OO3.1 on Debian
> Testing. At some point curiosity got the better of me and I installed the
> barcode extension. It resides in this folder:
> ~/.openoffice.org/3/user/uno_packages/cache/uno_packages/4WZ4rR_/Barcode.oxt/
> I keep getting notifications about an update being available but any attempt
> to update it produces an error. Using the Extensions Manager I highlighted
> it and clicked the Remove button. This produces another error of this type:
> "(com.sun.staar.uno.RuntimeException){
> {Message= "<type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>: 'module' object has no
> attribute 'writeRegistryInfo', traceback follows ..."
> And the barcode extension refuses to die. I tried simply renaming the above
> mention folder ending in Barcode.oxt to bad.Barcode.oxt.bad but while that
> did remove barcode from my list of extensions I could not update any other
> extensions and the a message whinging about not finding Barcode.oxt
> appeared. Can some one tell me how I can surgically remove this stupid
> extension.
> Thanks,
> JonathanJust tried the same (Ubuntu 3.1.0PPA -go-oo build) and encountered the same error. Checked: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/barcode <quote> Version 1.3 is released Version 1.3 is compatible with OpenOffice.org 3.1 (prior versions are not), so upgrading is very much recommended. It also includes a number of new barcode types and a great number of translations. Thanks to all the translators, it is great to see such enthusiasm! ... Removing old version Sorry, I replied to Jørgen in a private email, but I guess his problem is not unique. Unfortunately prior versions are so incompatible with OpenOffice.org 3.1 that it can not even uninstall them. </quote> I even tried installing the new 1.3 version... & OOo honked - I had to kill OOo. I finally had to rename /home/<user>/.openoffice.org/3 to /home/<user>/.openoffice.org/x-3-x just to get OOo to start. Of course that blows out all of the other installed extensions. IMO Barcode 1.x should be removed from the extension database (http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/barcode) until such time as the issue is resolved. File a bug report. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
